outwork Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area
    • the outworks of the castle

WordNet


Out*work" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
Out"work` noun
Definitions
  1. (Fort.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

Webster 1913